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Controversy erupts over outing black activist Malcolm X as bisexual
Nov 7, 2009
Examiner.com - Mike Szymanski - Bisexuality Examiner
Civil rights leader Malcolm X's bisexual past caused a bit of controversy as Britain celebrated its national black history month in October and reporters outed him as a bi man.
The slain activist's sexuality was already revealed nearly two decades ago already in an acclaimed biography by Bruce Perry: "Malcolm - The Life of a Man Who Changed Black America."
Film Exposes Nazi Germany's Olympics Gender-Bending Scandal
Sep 16, 2009
LemonDrop.com - Susan Johnston
The gender question posed to Caster Semenya may be front and center in sports debates, but it's hardly the first time the topic's come up. To wit: A Jewish athlete flees Nazi Germany, only to be forced to return and compete for the Nazis. But at the last minute, her teammate competes instead -- and it turns out this ringer is actually a man disguised as a woman.
Our journey to pride
Jun 27, 2009
ExpressBuzz.com - Mayur Suresh
The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights movement lays claim to a broad and diverse history. As Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Delhi and Chennai gear up to celebrate LGBT Pride this week (Kolkata’s will be on July 5), it’s a good time to take a quick look at this history.
Many people mark the beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement with Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) - a gay, German-jewish physician. In 1896, he wrote a pamphlet titled Sappho and Socrates or How to Explain the Love of Men and Women for Persons of The... [more]
Evolution of the Girl Boys
Jun 27, 2009
Examiner.com - Jyn Radakovits - Chicago Indie Music Examiner
As I helped out an ex friend pick out his first pair of girl jeans several months ago it dawned on me the sexiness of a man dolled up in cheap makeup and cross dressing.
Some wonder where exactly the trend started with some music historians crediting the trend with the earliest glam rockers. Glam also known as “glitter rock” was the next logical step after the hippie movement developing as a sub rock genre shortly after the hippies began to trade in their bell bottoms for more mod attire. Known fo... [more]
Trans-cending time (Jun 19, 2009)
DallasVoice.com - By Renee Baker Contributing Writer
Tracing the modern transgender rights movement from its beginnings in the dress code reform of the 1800s up through Stonewall to today, when Texas A&M has honored trans advocate Phyllis Frye.
The transgender movement ... [more]
Stonewall Trans Heroes (Jun 10, 2009)
MiamiHerald.TypePad.com - News release from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Recognizing outstanding transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals in the struggle for LGBT equality
Washington - In honor of the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, the International... [more]
In search of Stonewall (Jun 10, 2009)
LansingCityPulse.com - by Mary C. Cusack
It seemed like an easy enough assignment: preview this weekend’s annual Michigan Pride Festival in the 40th anniversary year of the Stonewall riots. And who better to cover such a topic than City Pulse’s resident drag hag? It was a perfect ... [more]
Revisiting 1969 and the Start of Gay Liberation (Jun 8, 2009)
CityRoom.blogs.NYTimes.com - By Sewell Chan
On Friday afternoon, officials from the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and also to honor Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual ... [more]
The Play: 'I Survived Stonewall' ... an Interview with a Stonewall Veteran, Big Roy McCarthy (Jun 7, 2009)
DailyKos.com - by Moonflowrr
The following is a reprint of an article familiar to folks in the Houston area. It was initially done for the June 1999 issue of the TATS (Texas Assn. for Transsexual Support) newsletter which I edited for a number of years. It was ten years ago – the 30... [more]
In Praise of Trailblazers in Petticoats (Jun 6, 2009)
CaliforniaChronicle.com - By Fintan O'Toole
Culture Shock : The late Danny La Rue was one of the best known, but Ireland has produced its fair share of cross-dressers who corssed boundaries
Before he became Danny La Rue, Danny Carroll made his debut as a female imperson... [more]
40 years, 40 events Looking back at some of the biggest moments in LGBT history since Stonewall (Jun 5, 2009)
PrideSource.com - by Jessica Carreras
June 28, 1969 Police raid the Stonewall Inn of New York City, causing the infamous uprising of LGBT protestors in the Stonewall Riots.
1969 The Advocate, first published as local newsletter The Los Angeles Advocate, is renamed and d... [more]
'It is only when we value our history that we can pass it on' (May 21, 2009)
BayWindows.com - by Rachel Kossman - Bay Windows Contributor
A diverse crowd of 25 gathered on the second floor of the United South End Settlements (USES) building on May 18 to discuss the beginnings of what will eventually become the first documented history of Boston’s transgender... [more]
What Would St. Patrick Do? (Mar 17, 2009)
NewsWeek.WashingtonPost.com - Anthony Stevens-Arroyo
The Bishop of Scranton threatened to cancel mass during Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Parade, one of the largest in the country, if organizers honored "an abortion-rights supporter" -- ostensibly Vice President and Scranton-native Jo... [more]
Today in San Francisco History - The Black Cat Cafe (Nov 1, 2008)
SFist.com - By SFistRichard
Timecapsule: October 31, 1963
On Halloween night, the "Black Cat Cafe" -- that notorious, flamboyant and most historically significant of San Francisco's gay nightspots, held a final celebration before closing down for good.
Th... [more]
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Comptons Cafeteria (Oct 4, 2008)
PlayBackSTL.com - Written by Sarah Boslaugh
The modern gay pride movement is often traced back to the Stonewall Riots which took place in New York City in June 1969, but that famous event was preceded by almost three years by a similar uprising in San Francisco known as the riot a... [more]
Historys top 5 reasons to cross-dress (Oct 3, 2008)
CNN.com - By Mark Juddery
(Mental Floss) -- Over the centuries, people have had some very good reasons to dress up like a member of the opposite sex.
And I'm not talking about people who live this way out of personal preference, or those who dress up for theater and ent... [more]
T.C. Jones, male actress (Sep 15, 2008)
LATimes.com - Posted by Larry Harnisch
'T.C. Jones is the greatest female impersonator I have seen and heard since Julian Eltinge--and that's going back a long way.' --Philip K. Scheuer, Los Angeles Times
He was one of the newest -- and certainly one of the freshest -- ... [more]
Rethinking Sexism: How Trans Women Challenge Feminism (Aug 5, 2008)
AlterNet.org - By Julia Serano
The world's largest annual women-only event excludes trans women, sparking a debate among feminists about sexism and privilege.
"The grudging admiration felt for the tomboy and the queasiness felt around a sissy boy point to the same thing... [more]
On Stonewall anniversary, transgender activists remind LGBT movement of its roots (Jun 26, 2008)
TCDailyPlanet.net - By David Seitz , TC Daily Planet
Like many such celebrations, the Twin Cities Pride celebration takes place in June, in part to commemorate New York City’s Stonewall Inn uprising, which began in June 1969, and is widely recognized as a galvanizing event in the h... [more]
Out at CHM looks at trans history (May 15, 2008)
WindyCityMediaGroup.com - by Yasmin Nair
Recent historical work reveals that Stonewall was not a singular moment of queer insurgency and that the mid-to-late 1960s was an era of queer radical political potential. According to Susan Stryker, professor of women's studies at Vancouver's ... [more]
